The "Max's head is a horrible, scary place" appreciation thread!

But seriously, folks, what's your favorite part about finally getting to see what goes on in that fuzzy, messed-up little noggin? The slightly creepy flashes of images that we mere mortals are probably not meant to see? The floating objects that seem to exist both in and outside of time and space? The debilitating night terrors this will inevitably cause?

As for me, my favorite thing is how Sam's tie turns into a fish on the roof of Bosco Labs, and absolutely no where else that I found.

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The sound distortion in Max Mode was a great touch. Especially when you move his field of vision. It's even better when you're in Stinky's and have a song with lyrics playing on the jukebox.

My favorite random object gags were, as noted, when they appeared to be worn by the other characters. The fish tie was one of my favorites, as well as the swim floatie Sam wears at one point (IIRC, it was in front of the Hard Luck Pawn Shop).

Another thing I noticed -- and I'm pretty sure it's a coincidence, though a pretty disturbing serendipitous one at that -- is what you see in Max Mode at Straight and Narrow. There, he sees Sam standing in a frying pan. Which I figured was just as random as, say, the floating fortune cookies.

... Then Max mentions regretting that he and Sam didn't get buried in the rubble right after [spoiler]escaping underground to evade Skun-ka'pe's death ray[/spoiler]. And the ... stuff he says immediately after that.

Then it all made sense. Even the fish tie.

Next thing you know, we'll find out Banang's actually made from ... lagamorphs. *shudder*

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light_rises;294511 said:

Another thing I noticed -- and I'm pretty sure it's a coincidence, though a pretty disturbing serendipitous one at that -- is what you see in Max Mode at Straight and Narrow. There, he sees Sam standing in a frying pan. Which I figured was just as random as, say, the floating fortune cookies.

... Then Max mentions regretting that he and Sam didn't get buried in the rubble right after [spoiler]escaping underground to evade Skun-ka'pe's death ray[/spoiler]. And the ... stuff he says immediately after that.

For most of the game I was under the impression the strange imagery and floating invisible objects were a result of activating Max's mysterious and strange psychic powers. It took me a while to realize that that was just how his brain worked normally. Deep...

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Yeah, Max's mind is awesome, I wonder where he got his cow obssession... maybe he fell in love with Bessie the Cow when he saw her in Midtown Cowboys?

On my third playthrough I noticed a little bug: when I picked up the teleportation power, I didn't use it, and I entered the [spoiler]Mole Processing Room[/spoiler]. When inside, I teleported to Stinky's cellphone and the Max skeleton scene didn't appear. I teleported to Sybil's, and I still didn't get to watch the scene. Then I went back into the ship and only then, when I teleported to Stinky's from the ship, the scene appeared...